Director, Surgical Services - Henry Ford Southfield Hospital

Director, Surgical Services - Henry Ford Southfield Hospital

Henry Ford Southfield Hospital is searching for a Nursing Director of Surgical Services. This leader will be responsible for providing the overall direction and administration of the inpatient and outpatient Surgical and Endoscopy Services departments across multiple sites to ensure each operates efficiently and effectively. They will regularly review and revise department standards and ensure procedures performed comply with all Hospital and regulatory agency standards.

Additionally, they will develop and implement programs within department based on needs assessment.

Education/Experience

Required:

• Knowledge of overall nursing and surgical nursing skills, theories, and practices as normally acquired through completion of a nursing program.
• Perioperative nursing expertise and knowledge of management practices and theories at a level normally acquired through completion of a master’s degree in nursing, business, or closely related field.
• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Michigan required.
• Approximately five to seven years progressively more responsible nursing experience, with at least two years in a supervisory role, to gain comprehensive knowledge of nursing services policies and operations as well as the ability to organize and direct work of technical and support staff.
• Interpersonal skills necessary to provide effective leadership to departmental personnel, negotiate with vendors and to develop and maintain a wide variety of internal and external cooperative working relationships.
• Analytical skills necessary to plan, develop, and administer department budgets, to evaluate and maintain standards of quality and safety, and to resolve complex technical and administrative problems encountered in the operation of a surgical services department.

HAP is a Michigan-based, nonprofit health plan that provides health coverage to individuals, companies and organizations. A subsidiary of Henry Ford Health System, we partner with doctors, employers and community groups to enhance the overall health and well-being of the lives we touch. With more than 1,100 dedicated and passionate employees, our goal is to make health care easy for our members.

Under the leadership of President and CEO Robert G. Riney, Henry Ford Health is a

$6 billion integrated health system comprised of six hospitals, a health plan, and 250+ sites

including medical centers, walk-in and urgent care clinics, pharmacy, eye care facilities and

other healthcare retail. Established in 1915 by auto industry pioneer Henry Ford, the health system

now has 32,000 employees and remains home to the 1,900-member Henry Ford Medical Group, one

of the nation’s oldest physician groups. An additional 2,200 physicians are also affiliated with the

health system through the Henry Ford Physician Network. Henry Ford is also one of the region’s

major academic medical centers, receiving between $90-$100 million in annual research funding and

remaining Michigan’s fourth largest NIH-funded institution. Also an active participant in medical

education and training, the health system has trained nearly 40% of physicians currently practicing

in the state and also provides education and training for other health professionals including nurses,

pharmacists, radiology and respiratory technicians.  .

Equal Employment Opportunity / Affimative Action Employer Henry Ford Health System is

committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to

race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,

weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information,

or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.